Debendra Nath Roy, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal was found hanging near his house in Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Monday morning.
BJP leaders in West Bengal and his family members have alleged that he was murdered first and then hanged. The BJP has demanded an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the lawmaker’s unnatural death.
A police official from Uttar Dinajpur district, requesting anonymity said, “The body has been sent for autopsy. We are investigating the case. No one has been detained for questioning or arrested so far,”.
Situation of Jungle Raj in Paschim Banga….
Hemtabad BJP MLA Debendra Nath Ray murdered and hanged 2.5 kms away from his home.
Shyama Prasad Mookerjee had said fight against injustice, create resistance and if required take revenge. pic.twitter.com/98KrOw9BHP
— Dilip Ghosh (@DilipGhoshBJP) July 13, 2020
National Secretary of BJP Rahul Sinha has alleged and said, “Roy was murdered. The way his body was found hanging suggests that it was a premeditated murder and the accused tried to pass it off as a suicide. The ruling TMC (Trinamool Congress) is involved in his murder,”.
Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, which is the ruling party in West Bengal has refuted the BJP’s allegations.
Roy in 2016, had contested Bengal assembly elections from Hemtabad on a Communist Party of India (Marxist) ticket but later joined the BJP.
“I head that he (Roy) died by suicide. Police are investigating the case. Let the truth come out. If he has been murdered, then the culprits should be identified and punished as per law,” said Kanhaiyalal Agarwal, a TMC leader from Uttar Dinajpur district.
Many took to social media to express their anger against the unnatural death of the BJP lawmaker. They have accused Mamata Bannerjee’s administration as “Jungle Raj” and “Fascist Raj”. They also called it a murder of democracy.
@BJP4India MLA from Hemtabad, Shri Debendra Nath Ray found hanging near his village home.
He's MLA from a reserved seat in Uttar Dinajpur, Bengal.
He's killed because his only crime was that he joined @BJP4Bengal in 2019.
Om Shanti.😣#DemocracyKillerMamata#WestBengal pic.twitter.com/Po5wTdtvQd
— Lokesh Rajput⚔️🇮🇳 (@Lokesh__parmar) July 13, 2020
@derekobrienmp updating ledger of political killings of @MamataOfficial #BengalPoliticalKillings #DebendraNathRay #FascistMamata pic.twitter.com/yFKqPYf9r7
— ࿗ social distancing WOKEZombie ࿗ (@OnyourNot) July 13, 2020
Under Mamata Banerjee's dictatorship regime, TMC is carrying out executions similar as ISIS.
An Incumbent Ex-CPI(M), BJP MLA Shri Debendra Nath Ray, from North Dinajpur, Killed and his body hung. Democracy on deathbed. @MamataOfficial
😞 pic.twitter.com/e3gpadFVPB— Rao Samar singh (@samar_rathour) July 13, 2020
🇮🇳 A poor people's leader and #BJP_MLA Shri Debendra Nath Ray #killed and hanged in Hemtabad, West Bengal. Mamata and her #TMC goons are running jungle raj in the state completely in #ISIS style.
Om Shanti… 🙏 🙏 🙏 @aseemaofficial @AdyashaAradhna @Chatterj1Asking @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/3iK56DRokK
— LAXMIDHAR ROUT (@Laxmidh22558322) July 13, 2020
#Fascsim #Fascist @MahuaMoitra #bengalPoliticalKillings #DebendranathRay pic.twitter.com/ZapD7ePTnb
— ࿗ social distancing WOKEZombie ࿗ (@OnyourNot) July 13, 2020